C4L Internship: Day Five.

Today is our last full day of classes/training at the IDC, and it's oddly bittersweet. God has used this week to equip each of us for the tasks ahead, and although I am very excited to see how God is going to use each of our unique talents, I feel somewhat disappointed that my time for learning in the classroom is coming to an end. The staff and interns at JAF are welcoming and make it a point to learn your name and basic information upon the first meeting.

Today will be a long day of preparing for the trip to Haiti. We will need to brainstorm ideas for skits, dances, worship music, crafts, and ways to serve the people of such an impoverished country. The main language in Haiti is French-Creole, and although we will have translators to aide in communication, I am so thankful that you don't have to share the same language with someone in order to share the love of God.

Tomorrow, we leave for the six hour drive to Family Retreat in Mission Springs, California. There I will be paired with a family and it will be my job to be a "buddy" to a child affected by disability while the parents enjoy a time of relaxation and worship. If you've been praying for me, I would ask that you send a special prayer to the child that I will be befriending. I pray that God would absolutely break my heart the moment that I see my "buddy", and that He would fill me with an overwhelming, unconditional love.

"If we are the body, why aren't His arms reaching? Why aren't His hands healing? Why aren't His words teaching? If we are the body, why aren't His feet going? Why is His love not showing them there is a way?"

This is such a powerful statement. 1 Cor. 12:12 says "Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ." We, the church, are the body of Christ. Pastors, worship leaders, missionaries, and everything in between make up one body and serve different functions with a mutual goal of being Christ's body for the earth. We are to serve and love and work together harmoniously for the glory of God. Don't you dare think for a minute that you don't have a purpose, because God has a very special plan for you. Seek Him, SURRENDER, and obey.

I may or may not be able to update while in Missions Springs, but I promise to journal and update you all when I can :)

Blessings,
Bailey